Martin Welker
Born: April 25, 1819
Birthplace: Knox County, Ohio
Father: John Paul Welker 1784 – 1869
Mother: Elizabeth Gaumer 1785 – 1865
1st Wife: Maria Armor 1824 – 1894
2nd Wife: Flora E. Uhl 1856 – 1947
(Buried: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio)
Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party
Occupation before War:
1840 – 1846: Attorney in Millersburg, Ohio
1846 – 1851: Holmes County, Ohio, Clerk of Pleas
1852: Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Congress.
1852 – 1857: Judge of Sixth Judicial District of Ohio
1857: Moved to Wooster, Ohio
1858 – 1860: Lt. Governor of Ohio
Civil War Career:
1861: Judge Advocate of Second Brigade of Ohio State Militia
1861: Aide and Colonel on staff of General Jacob Dolson Cox
1861: Judge Advocate General for the State of Ohio
1862: Ohio State Superintendent of drafting
1862: Assistant Adjutant General for the State of Ohio
1865: Private in Company I, 188th Ohio Volunteers Infantry Regiment
1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from Ohio
1865 – 1867: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1865: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 21st.
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1871: United States Congressman from Ohio
1865 – 1871: Member of House District of Columbia Committee
1865 – 1867: Member of House Revolutionary Claims Committee
1865 – 1867: Supporter of giving veterans Pensions.
1866: Voted in support of the 14th Amendment to U.S. Constitution.
1867 – 1869: Chairman of House Enrolled Bills Committee
1868: Voted in affirmative in Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial.
1869 – 1871: Member of House Private Land Claims Committee
1870: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection to U.S. Congress.
1873 – 1889: Judge of U.S. District Court of Northern District of Ohio.
1873 – 1890: Professor of political science and law at Wooster College
Died: March 15, 1902
Place of Death: Wooster, Ohio
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio
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